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2012-11-06 (discuss.online)
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[–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

I've literally argued with people saying it's better not to vote and we should let conservatives win so people will get mad enough to revolt. Eventually.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Accelerationism is rational if you assume the country is doomed. But I don't think that assumption is rational.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    They also don't appreciate what actual societal collapse would be like.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    There is a version where the worse it would be the more rational it becomes to accelerate there faster

    1. As a protective measure for your kids. Similar to the motivations for many civil wars
    2. If you're going to be miserable, hungry, on the run, etc. you have a better chance of surviving that at the age N than N+10, for all N > 15. Better to start the misery now and adapt while you are younger. You might even get to see the other side for sufficiently small N.
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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I think it's a level of naive optimism to think society will collapse and we'll make something better, other than the harsh reality that this will continue plodding on. Real change is slow, and unglamorous.

    It's like the people who believe and really want the rapture to happen, so they don't have to cope with their everyday life.

    "Don't worry, The Revolution will come any day now, no one knows when, and it'll make things All Better."

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    ugh, I've had some success by arguing you should at least deface a ballot. Why assume they'll know you're mad and not lazy. If 10% of people wrote in "fuck all y'all" you might actually get people trying to win over their vote.

    "You showed up for the protests didn't you? You didn't just assume they got the message did you?"

    But man it's like talking to a wall

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Robots that scan ballots don’t give a shit about your scribbles and will just not count the vote.

    Then you’re back to accelerationist nonsense

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    If 10% of people defaced their ballot this would be a international scandal. The 'champions of democracy' have at-scale revolt in their democratic process.

    Think J6 but worse in terms of recognition. We are still talking about J6

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